FUSsa-talk Mailing List: Fwd: Abortion vs. health-care

[Robert Tapp (tappx001]

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> From: Robert Tapp <tappx001 [at] umn.edu>
> Date: November 16, 2009 6:03:14 PM CST
> To: Humanist Institute Discussion List <hidisc [at] humanistinstitute.org>
> 
> 
> Has it come down to this? The Stupak victory at the least minute was a 
> brilliant use of wedge strategy (but why were the moderates surprised?). The 
> right-wing dissatisfaction with the Capps amendment was long apparent.
> 
> Will this House debacle teach moderates that trying to compromise and act 
> like <good people; team players> is a losing strategy? I'm forwarding 3 
> articles to help humanists act more effectively as the issue goes to Senate 
> and committee. 
> 
> Jeffrey Toobin reminds us of the long legal history of this issue, and the 
> heritage of misogyny.
> 
>       http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2009/11/23/091123taco_talk_toobin
> 
> Sarah Posner details the <niceness> strategies of the pro-choice religious 
> groups, and shows (once again) that nicety in politics is naivete.
> 
>       
> http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/politics/2036/stupak_forming_fault_lines_in_left-leaning_faith_groups
> 
> Katha Pollitt comes down hardest of all on the misogyny built into team 
> strategies in congressional politics.
> 
>       http://www.thenation.com/doc/20091130/pollitt
> 
> Given the mushiness of this Democrat-majoritied Congress, can anyone imagine 
> that their majority will increase in 2012?????
> 
> Bob
>